Debate over Valve's 'AI slop' rejections: does the bar shut out new game devs?
Stretchedwiener · x · 2026-10-21
The debate over Valve rejecting games for looking like 'AI slop' continues. The poster presses on what the actual metric is: if 'slop' means janky, disconnected, short gameplay rather than ugly graphics, inexperienced new game developers may be effectively precluded from the market. The counterpart clarifies that slop isn't about graphics quality—players can tell effortful games from AI-generated output.
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